Like the House version,the Senate measure would amend the 1996 Iran Sanctions Act to allow the president to sanction foreign companies involved in enabling the shipment of gasoline and other refined petroleum products to Iran, or helping to maintain its existing refining capacity.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Without confirming reports of the missile shipment, Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the supply of missiles did not break any international rules.

BBC: Syria crisis: US rues Russian missiles sent to Damascus

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday defended the arms shipment from Russia to Syria, rebuffing growing American and European calls for Russia to comply with the U.S. and European Union arms embargo on Damascus.

WSJ: New Bid to Stifle Iran Aid to Syria